This site warned me but I thought Frommer would have a better idea of a good hotel. I stayed one night and left. I wouldn't stay here again if it were free.

This was our last night after a 2 week trip, and we booked this hotel due to Frommers' review - the only almost reasonably priced rooms available in the Brera area. Suffice to say the place was a dump!! The room was very shabby, the decor was ancient Salvation Army style, the bathroom was so dirty and the shower stall so moldy that we refused to use it. To call it "spacious" would be true only if comparing it to the inside of a small closet! The desk clerk couldn't or wouldn't do anything to change our room or make accommodations. And the plug for the telephone would only stay "in" if I wedged it, so we ended up staying awake all night in order not to miss an early morning wake-up call to catch our 4:45 am cab to Malpensa for our flights home. and the price was equally ridiculuos. We've staying in Milan before but were never ripped off as badly as this. Anyone who stays here needs to be warned that this is a VERY bad place and not worth near the price. Proximity to Brera and other surrounding areas is not sufficient to make it ever worth staying here.

This is truly a budget hotel but the price and Frommer's review would suggest otherwise. The rooms are painted a depressing shade of green and if you stay in a room on the street the noise level is high. It's not necessarily high traffic but everything echos loudly. Only plus is that the room is spacious compared to other places but I would not reccomend overall as there are several hotels on Via Rovello that are in the exact same price range and although still of a budget variety at a high price much better looking. The location cannot be beat though as it is near everything. We also stayed at the Hotel London - not a huge improvement over Rovello but definitely better. Julio Cesare across the street was cheaper and better looking than even Hotel London but we did not get a chance to look at the room.

We read a review of the Rovello in The Rough Guide and were shocked with the reality we encountered. The rooms were not pleasing. They were underlit and painted a depressing pale green. The lamps were nailed down (as was everything in the room). The first night my husband and I were on the first floor next to the breakfast room. It was noisy at night and noisy in the morning when the room was set up for breakfast around 5:30am. The next day we were moved to a much larger room upstairs where my only criticism could be the sterile institutional "decor", the stain in the middle of the bed covers, and the poor lighting level. After traveling for a month and having eaten many breakfasts, this one was the WORST we had encountered. The hotel staff was helpful to a point. But the night before we were to leave, they said there would be no problem calling for a taxi in the morning. It rained and no taxi could be found. After waiting 20 minutes, we ended up running with our luggage to the metro to get to the train station to head to the airport. Of all of the hotels in which we stayed during our trip, this was the biggest disappointment and biggest waste of money. It felt like a $70 hostel and not a $250 experience. The only good note is the hotel's location.